BREAKING: Attorney General Eric Holder To Resign

September 25, 2014

Eric Holder, the embattled Attorney General at the center of many Obama Administration controversies, is planning to resign, according to NPR’s Carrie Johnson.

“Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and five and a half years of fights with Republicans in Congress.

“Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year. A former U.S. government official says Holder has been increasingly “adamant” about his desire to leave soon for fear he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama’s second term.”

Holder is one of the few members remaining from President Obama’s original Cabinet.

During his time at the helm of the Justice Department, Holder has seen widespread bipartisan criticism over his handling of the Fast and Furious scandal, secretly obtaining journalists’ phone records, and attempting to try the 9/11 conspirators in New York City.

He also insisted on using a private jet for his travels–even as government workers were furloughed.

Holder’s time in office, much like Obama’s, was marked by nothing more than scandal and partisanship.